Las Vegas is now the latest casino in P2P real-time Bitcoin payments facilitated by Block, and importantly, another step towards making Bitcoin an accepted mainstream digital currency.
At the Bitcoin 2025 conference at The Venetian, attendees could purchase Lightning Network items with Bitcoin through Block’s Square platform. Shirts and hats could be paid for through merchandise by scanning a QR code, without having to know cryptocurrency at all.
Square’s real-time Bitcoin payments at Bitcoin 2025
During the event, Square’s Bitcoin payment system was live at BTC Inc.’s pop-up store. The Lightning Network was used, which handles payments much faster and less expensively than regular blockchain transactions. With this technology, payments are instantly confirmed, and Bitcoin is instantly converted to US dollars. For the system, this rollout was a big test of readiness to scale. Pending regulatory approvals, Block plans to roll out this feature to all Square sellers globally who qualify by 2026.
Block’s complete toolkit for Bitcoin integration
As far as Block is concerned, converting Bitcoins would make it the internet’s native currency. The company is developing a robust toolkit for small and medium-sized businesses to accept, manage, and profit from Bitcoin payments. Since launching in early 2014, over 1,000 merchants have adopted Square’s Bitcoin Conversion tool, which automatically converts daily sales into Bitcoin.
Block says these merchants have watched their Bitcoin holdings increase by approximately 70% more than a year ago. Along with Spiral, Cash App, BitKey, and Proto, the company aspires to furnish a complete infrastructure for both consumers and merchants across the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Driving Bitcoin adoption across small businesses
Merchants can use Block’s new Bitcoin checkout system to accept Bitcoin payments. It instantly converts payments at the point of payment into US dollars, removing merchants’ exposure to price volatility. Bitcoin that merchants wish to keep in their own wallets will be transferred to Block’s Bitkey wallet for self-custody.
While this strategy might seem to prefer institutional adoption over regular old retail adoption, it actually secures Block’s place as a significant force in helping Bitcoin achieve mainstream awareness, particularly among businesses that want to use the same tools and stand on the same playing field as megacorporations. Bitcoin prices hit new highs Tuesday during the move, emblematic of increasing interest in the potential for the virtual currency to become a common form of currency. Keeping investing in Bitcoin over stable coins and tokenised dollars is a sign that Block is serious about crafting a future where digital currency forms a key part of commerce.
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